We are developing resources to support end users of cooling and heating to take steps towards net zero. Please contact us if you wish to suggest additional (non-commercial) materials to add.
UK SME Business Climate Hub - Businesses of all sizes around the UK are being encouraged to commit to cutting carbon emissions to protect the planet. The UK government has partnered with business owners and respected climate groups to help provide toolkits to measure and reduce emissions and is encouraging businesses to make a carbon emission reduction pledge. Find out more here https://businessclimatehub.org/uk/
BSI (British Standards) Little Book of Net zero https://memberportal.bsigroup.com/globalassets/bsi_little_book_of_net_zero.pdf
Technical training and guidance to companies and related government departments from UNIDO a global implementing agency of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to assist economies to transition toward energy efficient and climate friendly refrigerant (HFC) alternatives. https://www.industrialenergyaccelerator.org/efficiency-solutions/industrial-cooling/
What does net zero mean? https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/net-zero-target
UK action on climate change https://www.theccc.org.uk/uk-action-on-climate-change/reaching-net-zero-in-the-uk/
Whole systems approaches to Net Zero https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/achieving-net-zero-carbon-emissions-through-a-whole-systems-approach
Mandatory Climate-related Financial Disclosures (Feb 2022) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056085/mandatory-climate-related-financial-disclosures-publicly-quoted-private-cos-llps.pdf
Climate Change Committee report on Progress in Reducing Emissions (June 2021) https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/2021-progress-report-to-parliament/
Scottish Parliament Net Zero Plan https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/
Welsh Path to Net Zero https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/the-path-to-net-zero-and-progress-reducing-emissions-in-wales/
Northern Ireland Net Zero http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2017-2022/2021/aera/1421.pdf
International commitments to net zero https://coolcoalition.org/
Ethics of sustainability for professional engineers from the Engineering Council www.engc.org.uk/sustainability
European partnership for energy and environment policy briefs https://countoncooling.eu/index.php/about-epee/
How refrigeration contributes to UN sustainability goals https://iifiir.org/en/news/iir-activity-report
UK Government Industrial De-carbonisation Strategy 2021 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/970229/Industrial_Decarbonisation_Strategy_March_2021.pdf
The Cold Store of 2050 (CCF) https://www.coldchainfederation.org.uk/road-to-net-zero-part-4/
Retail sector roadmap https://brc.org.uk/climate-roadmap/
Building services sector advice https://www.actuateuk.org.uk/policy-areas/
Cold storage and distribution sector advice https://www.coldchainfederation.org.uk/energy/
Heat pump sector advice https://www.heatpumps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Building-the-Installer-Base-for-Net-Zero-Heating_02.06.pdf
Refrigeration sector steps to energy efficiency from the Carbon Trust https://www.carbontrust.com/resources/steps-to-energy-efficiency-introductory-guides
Steps to Net Zero Buildings from CIBSE https://www.cibse.org/getmedia/bdaf4dee-5980-4b58-871c-a24e88c010d4/CIBSE-Steps-to-net-zero-carbon-buildings.pdf.aspx
IOR Papers Published April 2021
The Climate Change Agreement for Cold Stores: An Industry Working Together to Improve Energy Efficiency. Tom Southall, Cold Chain Federation
Towards a Net Zero Food Cold Chain. Judith Evans, London South Bank University and Toby Peters, University of Birmingham
Predictive Maintenance based on Performance Analysis using System Efficiency Index and Sub-Efficiencies is the future. Klas Berglöf, ClimaCheck
Energy Saving at Coldstore Doorways by Means of Specialist Air Curtains. Martin Craxton, Craxton Solutions
Efficient Cooling at the Heart of Low-Carbon Electrified Heat. John Hayes and K Stickney, Erda Energy
Meeting Industry’s Increasing Sustainability Demands by Using Water as a Refrigerant. Garry Broadbent, Pure Thermal, Peter Kaden, Efficient Energy
How to Reduce the Cooling Demand in Office Buildings and Match the Machinery to Heat Pump Design Demand. Gert Nielsen, Xrgy As
River Source Heat Pumps for Residential and Commercial Heat Networks – a Case Study. Andy Pearson, Star Refrigeration
Booster Heat Pumps for Space Heating, Hot Water Heating and Process Heating from Geothermal Energy. Neil Hewitt, Mingjun Huang, Nik Shah, Ulster University
New R744 102m3/h transcritical compressor: Improving CO2 presence into large cooling and heating systems. M. Bonfanti, M. Dallai, F. Faralli, Officine Mario Dorin SpA
A Heat Recovery System for a Passive Ventilation Wind Tower. Daniel Marshall Cross, Free Running Buildings
UNIDO Energy Efficiency Case Studies
Download a range of case studies from global projects https://www.industrialenergyaccelerator.org/iea-posts/resources/
Optimization, monitoring and maintenance of cooling technology - Kigali Knowledge Brief (2018) https://k-cep.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Optimization-Monitoring-Maintenance-of-Cooling-Technology-v2-subhead....pdf
The Climate Action Pathway for Net Zero Cooling from The Carbon Trust (2021) https://www.carbontrust.com/resources/the-climate-action-pathway-for-net-zero-cooling
UK Leadership on Sustainable Cooling Covid-19 to COP 26 from The Carbon Trust (2021) https://www.carbontrust.com/resources/uk-leadership-on-sustainable-cooling-from-covid-19-to-cop26
The Emerging Cold Economy (2015) from the Carbon Trust https://www.carbontrust.com/resources/the-emerging-cold-economy
Retail Refrigeration Roadmap from The Carbon Trust (2010) https://ior.org.uk/buy-documents?id=190&state=b
Shaping the Cold chain of the Future: The Road to Net Zero from the Cold Chain Federation (2021) https://www.coldchainfederation.org.uk/cold-chain-net-zero-project/